Lower urinary tract symptoms: A population survey using the Danish Prostatic Symptom Score (DAN-PSS) questionnaire

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 94-99

  Kay, Lise ^a,e   Stigsby, Bjarne ^a   Brasso, Klaus ^b   Mortensen, Svend Otto ^c   Munkgaard, Stig ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e University of Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

DAN PSS questionnaire; Epidemiology; Lower urinary tract symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NOCTURIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032786985     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655999750016050     Document Type: Article

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